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Palais Bourbon's library - National Assembly of France - Paris - Open day in monuments and beautiful buildings 09/2008
[Savoir] Bibliothèque du Palais Bourbon Assemblée nationale - Paris - Journées du patrimoine 09/2008
From ancient times to the present, philosophers have repeatedly emphasized the importance of living a frugal or minimalist life. The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes said, “True wealth is not in increasing possessions, but in reducing one’s needs.” Mahatma Gandhi pointed to the destructive side of human greed, stating, “The Earth has enough for everyone’s needs, but not enough for everyone’s greed.” From the Buddha to Karl Marx, across the passage of time, many have expressed similar ideas. This minimalist concept in philosophy has greatly influenced the photographer, and its mark is clearly visible in his vision and framing.
The absence of color or the use of minimal composition in framing reflects the photographer’s inclination toward a minimalist approach. The fog, wrapped like a thick winter blanket, creates a serene atmosphere. In this calm and pure dramatic setting, human presence becomes secondary. Before nature, even humanity’s vast achievements become insignificant. That is why the photographer has kept humans and their architectural achievements in the background, framing the scene in a minimalist style. Here, nature is the primary subject—not humans or their constructions.
According to nihilism, or the philosophy of pessimism, human life does not has inherent purpose. Evolutionary theory has shown that humans are an unintended outcome of nature’s evolutionary process. Yet human beings, regarded as the finest of creations, continue to exploit all their knowledge and effort into seeking meaning in life. They establish ever-greater architectural structures upon the heart of nature. In proving their superiority, they seem to challenge nature itself. Viewing nature as an adversary, humanity gradually distances itself further and further from it.
Cassini ended its 13-year mission at Saturn on 15 September 2017 when it plunged into the gas giant's atmosphere, but the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is still keeping an eye on the ringed planet.
This is a composite image taken by Hubble on 6 June 2018 showing a fully-illuminated Saturn and its rings, along with six of its 62 known moons. The visible moons are (from left to right) Dione, Enceladus, Tethys, Janus, Epimetheus and Mimas (click here for an annotated version). Dione is the largest moon in the picture, with a diameter of 1123 km, compared to the smallest, oddly-shaped Epimetheus with a diameter around 116 km.
During Cassini’s mission, Enceladus was identified as one of the most intriguing moons, with the discovery of water vapour jets spewing from the surface implying the existence of a subsurface ocean. Icy moons with subsurface oceans could potentially offer the conditions to harbour life, and understanding their origins and properties are essential for furthering our knowledge of the Solar System. ESA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (Juice), due to launch in 2022, aims to continue this theme by studying Jupiter's ocean-bearing moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.
The Hubble image shown here was taken shortly before Saturn's opposition on 27 June, when the Sun, Earth and Saturn were aligned so that the Sun fully illuminated Saturn as seen from Earth. Saturn's closest approach to Earth occurs around the same time as opposition, which makes it appear brighter and larger and allows the planet to be imaged in greater detail.
In this image the planet’s rings are seen near their maximum tilt towards Earth. Towards the end of Cassini’s mission, the spacecraft made multiple dives through the gap between Saturn and its rings, gathering spectacular data in this previously unchartered territory.
The image also shows a hexagonal atmospheric feature around the north pole, with the remnants of a storm, seen as a string of bright clouds. The hexagon-shaped cloud phenomenon is a stable and persistent feature first seen by the Voyager 1 space probe when it flew past Saturn 1981. In a study published just last week, scientists using Cassini data collected between 2013 and 2017, as the planet approached northern summer, identified a hexagonal vortex above the cloud structure, showing there is still much to learn about the dynamics of Saturn’s atmosphere.
The Hubble observations making up this image were performed as part of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) project, which uses Hubble to observe the outer planets to understand the dynamics and evolution of their complex atmospheres. This was the first time that Saturn was imaged as part of OPAL. This image was first published on 26 July.
Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI); CC BY 4.0
Flickr Friday theme, Knowledge. One of my old books. Cookie and Mouse. Mouse doesn't want to give up his bowtie.
the old photographer,;-)
This huge old book was sitting on the corner of the shelf just above my desk here; I was experimenting with camera settings as I sat here, clicking away at random subjects and I kind of liked how it looked with the branches behind it.
Myeongyang Strait (South Korea) '25
Fought October 26, 1597. Yi Sun-sin with 13 ships defeated a Japanese fleet of roughly 300 (that is not a typo). Key to the victory was his knowledge of tides, which he used to trap the Japanese forces in a narrow area.
Lots to appreciate at Saint-Maurice. One of SBB's lengthy regional trains arrives, as the mechanical signal box (possibly disused) provides a reminder of the past. The need for the tunnel just to the north of the station is clearly seen from the rocky mountainside which rises nearby.
My knowledge of Swiss trains is very limited, but I saw many of these regional (or Intercity) sets? They were incredibly long and often seemed to feature two loco-hauled push-pull sets combined into one train - with a set of single decker carriages (as seen here) followed by a loco, and then a double decker set, with another loco on the rear.
Those cubicle-shaped rooms in those buildings look like books and the whole building looks like a bookshelf. Those rooms representing knowledge. Wings are the focal point in this picture because that is the end result, which is freedom. And with that freedom that person holds endless opportunities (sky is the limit).
♫ Fauve ≠ Les Hautes Lumières. ♫
Despertar de la muerte, retornar a la vida.
Wake from death and return to life.
(Fr) Rien de tel qu'un beau paysage pour conclure cette fin de journée, et apprécier la fraîcheur du soir.
Par cette même occasion je tente aussi d'autres techniques qui me faisait réfléchir il y a déjà bien longtemps, à savoir la transformation d'une photo en peinture. A mon sens, cette image se prête bien à ce modification, histoire de la faire sortir d'une photo classique d'un couché de soleil.
Ceci dit, c'est ma toute première tentative, et n'ayant aucune connaissance dans le domaine de la peinture, j'ai pour le moment utilisé les paramêtres par défaut du logiciel de transformation.
D'avance merci de votre passage et de l'attention que vous porterez à cette image.
N.B. Photo faite à Bois-blanc
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(En) Nothing like a beautiful landscape to conclude the end of the day, and enjoy the cool evening.
For this same occasion I also tried other techniques, which made me think a long time ago such as the changing of a photo into painting. To my mind, this image lends itself well to this change, and highlight an classic photo of a sunset.
That said, this is my first attempt, and having no knowledge in the field of painting, I currently use the default setting of the software processing.
Thank you in advance for your time and your attention to this image.
N.B. Photo made at "White wood" too. Sorry too if my english is wrong in this comment.
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Explored #56 at 10th of march 2013
Decades after the last trip of the Victorian Railways' "Train of Knowledge", a whole new railway experience kicked off in Melbourne, as Melbourne Grammar School in conjunction with 707 Operations ran the "Bluestone Express", a private charter train carrying an 87-piece student orchestra to destinations all across Victoria in heritage sleeping carriages.
The first night of the 9-day trip has only just begun as steam locomotive R707 powers through Melbourne's outer suburbs through Spotswood leading A66, S306 & N471 on train 8195 bound for Wycheproof via Geelong. 9/12/22
On bark of a tree trunk that had fallen recently (probably an alder). There are 6 or 7 different lichens there, but the one in the middle with the large apothecia (sexual reproductive body) caught my eye. My guess is that it is a Hypogymnia, possibly H. metaphysodes.
Note shape of smallest apothecia as seen near the bottom left of center.
Used in-camera focus shift, but forgot to open up aperture.
Stacked using Zerene Stacker.
Works large.
Other lichen seen in photo by Richard Droker -- remember, he has only the photo to go by using his knowledge of what is likely in this area and the overall look of the lichen:
Hypotrachyna sinuosa
Lepra amara
Ochrolechia species
Parmelia sulcata
Platismatia glauca
Ramalina farinacea
Tuckermanopsis orbata
Usnea species
The Cuypers library in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is one of the reasons to visit the museum. I really like the atmosphere...
This image is not SOOC. No, it needed a lot of TLC to come out like this. It is a 5 imagepanorama with 5 exposure-brackets brought together in Photoshop.
But you may like it as it is.
You can find out why this image makes me so happy on my Facebook page : www.facebook.com/dragonpapillon
The future looks busy :) with some new adventures planned ahead.
Me and a few other ARC troopers of the 253rd have been ordered to take a little detour back to Kamino before our next mission. Command has ordered us to pass on our knowledge and train the next batch of ARC troopers, that will one day fight beside, if not replace us. I am happy to assist in training. I remember how I was in such a ARC promotion program and thus know what these recruits might be capable of one day. I’ll try my best to teach them well.
- Sergeant Sakana
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Par of my entry for the recruitment challenge of the 253rd Elite Legion. If you have what it takes to become an ARC trooper, build a 16x16 studs vignette, featuring your custom clone sig-fig and tag -TTROOPER-to apply for the group.
**Bezoek en volg ook mijn andere Flickr account als je foto's van reguliere reizigerstreinen en trams wilt zien!**
www.flickr.com/photos/185557432@N07/
Circa 80 minuten eerder dan de geplande tijd kruist Railtraxx 266 024 met zijn 19 wagens tellende kalkslurrytrein het kanaal wat Terneuzen en Sluiskil van elkaar scheidt. Hieraan voorafgaand is de trein uitgehaald en gecombineerd bij Verbrugge in Terneuzen Zuid en zal nu via Gent Zeehaven koers zetten naar Aachen.De route hierheen zal voeren door een groot deel van België en al binnen een halfuur het Nederlandse grondgebied verlaten.
Railtraxx gebruikt momenteel maarliefst 8 Class 66 en 4 voormalig NS 6400en naast enkele verder vrij oninteressante elektrische locomotieven. De in het najaar van 2018 in Longport gereviseerde 266 001 en deze 266 024 zijn zonder meer de mooiste locs in dienst van deze Belgische vervoerder. In de loop van 2019 werd de 266 024 in exact dezelfde kleurstelling gebracht als de 266 001 waarbij zelfs de details vanuit Engelse regelgeving overgenomen zijn. Het is daarmee een prachtige verschijning geworden die als enige detail de logo's van Captrain logischerwijs niet gekregen heeft.
Dit betreft de tweede foto uit een reeks van in totaal drie foto's van deze trein waaruit opgemaakt kan worden dat na passage een geslaagde poging werd gedaan het geheel nogmaals te fotograferen. Voor deze derde opname neem ik je mee naar België. Wordt vervolgd!
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Railtraxx 266 024 - Sluiskilbrug (NL) 04-07-2020.
With the knowledge Class 66 isn't used very much for shunting purposes I take every chance to catch them on lines without catenary. This time we needed to head for the far southwest part of the Netherlands, Terneuzen.
Upon arrival Railtraxx shed 266 024 (former Porterbrook leasing PB 20) was already busy putting 19 cars of limeslurry into one piece of train. After that all cars will be fully checked with a brake test as a final checkup before departure. The next task was moving the train into Terneuzen South sidings to shunt the locomotive to the other end off the train. In the meantime and after taking some pictures near the yard we moved to a highly wanted spot, the turnbridge which needed to be crossed to leave Terneuzen.
With the bridge opening for a boat and a red signal near the track we could sit back, relax and wait for departure which was planned within 90 minutes. A long time, but it should be totally worth it! Just ten minutes of waiting made the unexpected happen, the signal became clear for a train crossing the bridge!
Just about 80 minutes early on schedule Railtraxx 266 024 is seen passing the nicely blue turnbridge while heading for Aachen, Germany. Most of the trip will lead through Belgium being the only way to reach the far southwestern Dutch region called Zeeuws Vlaanderen and it's railway infrastructure. As we were able to catch up with the train a later picture taken in Belgium will follow later on!
On the Penguin trail at Wigram Airforce Museum.January 2021 Christchurch New Zealand.
Over Term Two and Three in 2020, we had 65 schools from across the city and surrounding towns take part in the Pop Up Penguins Learning Programme. This wasn’t an easy time for students and teachers as Term Two began in the midst of New Zealand’s lockdown period! And yet, with resilience and determination, the schools signed up to take part in this citywide art project.
The Pop Up Penguins Learning Programme has been supported by an amazing line up
of organisations: the International Antarctic Centre, Antarctica New Zealand, the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Gateway Antarctica and the College of Education, Health and Human Development at the University of Canterbury.
The Learning Partners shared their vast knowledge and expertise within the Learning Programme resource pack and educators from International Antarctic Centre, Gateway Antarctica and the College of Education, Human Development and Health delivered a bespoke Pop Up Penguins themed presentation to over 50 of the schools registered on the Learning Programme.
Students across our city have learned about penguin conservation, Christchurch’s global significance as one of five Gateways to Antarctica and kaitiakitanga, guardianship and protection of the environment. As you find the little penguins in displays around the city, learn about the themes that inspired them.
For More Info: popuppenguins.co.nz/popup-waddles/
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand, formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, is located at Wigram, the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Museum_of_New_Zealand